(August-September 1969)
DC,
1969 Series
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1969-06-17
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Dick Giordano (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
-
in Weird Mystery Tales (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #34 ([April 1978])
-
[no title indexed]
The Three Witches / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Nick Cardy (signed as
N CARDY) - Inks
- Nick Cardy (signed as N CARDY)
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Mordred
- Reprints
-
in Cuentos de Misterio (Editorial Novaro, 1960 series) #181 (27 de abril de 1970) -
in Il Est Minuit... l'Heure des Sorcières (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #1 (1er trimestre 1975) -
in Showcase Presents: The Witching Hour (DC, 2011 series) #1 ([May] 2011), #1 ([May] 2011)
-
The Witching Hour Welcome Wagon
The Three Witches / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2.67 pages
- Job Number
- G-167
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Characters
- Mildred; Mordred; Cynthia; Egor
- Synopsis
- The three witches and Egor go to meet the humans who moved in across the swamp and tell them some tales.
- Reprints
- in Cuentos de Misterio (Editorial Novaro, 1960 series) #181 (27 de abril de 1970)
- in Showcase Presents: The Witching Hour (DC, 2011 series) #1 ([May] 2011)
-
Indexer Notes
framing sequence
A Matter of Conscience!
The Three Witches / comic story / 6.67 pages
- Job Number
- G-156
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Mildred (host); Harvey H. Harrington; Tamroth
- Synopsis
- The ghost of Harvey's wife is trying to kill him.
- Reprints
- in Cuentos de Misterio (Editorial Novaro, 1960 series) #181 (27 de abril de 1970), #181 (27 de abril de 1970)
- in Il Est Minuit... l'Heure des Sorcières (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #2 (1er trimestre 1975) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
- in Weird Mystery Tales Album (K. G. Murray, 1978 series) #4 ([January 1978])
- in Showcase Presents: The Witching Hour (DC, 2011 series) #1 ([May] 2011)
-
Indexer Notes
Jim Bain, via the GCD Error Tracker first suggested Jack Sparling pencils and George Roussos inks. Art credits confirmed and script credit from The Comic Reader #73 (1969).
If You Have Ghosts?
text article / 1 page
- Job Number
- G-186
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- in Showcase Presents: The Witching Hour (DC, 2011 series) #1 ([May] 2011)
-
Disaster in a Jar
The Three Witches / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Cynthia (host); Amos Canby; Maude; Elvira; Professor Flung; Rhet
- Synopsis
- Amos Canby creates a cream that turns old women into young-looking women.
- Reprints
- in Il Est Minuit... l'Heure des Sorcières (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #2 (1er trimestre 1975) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
- in Etranges Aventures (Arédit-Artima, 1966 series) #75 (juin 1982) [N&B [B&W]]
- in Showcase Presents: The Witching Hour (DC, 2011 series) #1 ([May] 2011)
-
Indexer Notes
Script and art credits from The Comic Reader #73 (1969).
A Fistful of Fire!!
The Three Witches / comic story / 5.5 pages
- Job Number
- G-109
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Mordred (host); Judge Samuel Sewell; Andrew
- Synopsis
- Judge Sewell is burning the "witches" of Salem Massachusetts, even though he doesn't believe in witches.
- Reprints
- in Cuentos de Misterio (Editorial Novaro, 1960 series) #181 (27 de abril de 1970)
- in Doomsday (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #24 ([Circa 1972-1974])
- in Il Est Minuit... l'Heure des Sorcières (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #2 (1er trimestre 1975) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
- in Etranges Aventures (Arédit-Artima, 1966 series) #75 (juin 1982) [N&B [B&W]]
- in Showcase Presents: The Witching Hour (DC, 2011 series) #1 ([May] 2011)
-
Indexer Notes
Script and art credits from The Comic Reader #73 (1969).
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Joe Orlando (Cain & Abel); Neal Adams (cover repro)
- Inks
- Joe Orlando (Cain & Abel); Neal Adams (cover repro)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
Indexer Notes
Ad for the House of Secrets #81.
[The Witching Hour Welcome Wagon]
The Three Witches / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages
- Job Number
- G-168
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Characters
- Mildred; Mordred; Cynthia
- Reprints
- in Showcase Presents: The Witching Hour (DC, 2011 series) #1 ([May] 2011)
-
Indexer Notes
framing sequence
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
The Three Witches -
1.
The Witching Hour Welcome Wagon
The Three Witches -
2.
A Matter of Conscience!
The Three Witches -
3.
If You Have Ghosts?
-
4.
Disaster in a Jar
The Three Witches -
5.
A Fistful of Fire!!
The Three Witches -
6.
[no title indexed]
-
7.
[The Witching Hour Welcome Wagon]
The Three Witches
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Nick Caputo
- CTGarry
- Gregory Fischer
- Matthew Head
- Andre Heikamp
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
- John Wells
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